Structural identity of telomeric complexes
- 7 August 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 584 (17), 3785-3799
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2010.08.004
Abstract
A major issue in telomere research is to understand how the integrity of chromosome ends is controlled. Although several nucleoprotein complexes have been described at the telomeres of different organisms, it is still unclear how they confer a structural identity to chromosome ends in order to mask them from DNA repair and to ensure their proper replication. In this review, we describe how telomeric nucleoprotein complexes are structured, comparing different organisms and trying to link these structures to telomere biology. It emerges that telomeres are formed by a complex and specific network of interactions between DNA, RNA and proteins. The fact that these interactions and associated activities are reinforcing each other might help to guaranty the robustness of telomeric functions across the cell cycle and in the event of cellular perturbations. We propose that telomeric nucleoprotein complexes orient cell fate through dynamic transitions in their structures and their organization.Keywords
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